Dept of Environmental Services-NHIssuing agency·New Hampshire·via the NH DAS Procurement & Support Services portalThe New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services (NHDES) Drinking Water and Groundwater Bureau (DWGB) is issuing this request for proposals to provide initial and continuing education training to drinking water system operators of very small public water systems (PWSs), which are determined to be community and non-transient/non-community public water systems serving 500 or fewer people. The program is also intended to attract and advance operators seeking to pass both the Grade 1A and Grade 1 Drinking Water Operator exams. DWGB has allocated $112,500 for this three-year program and anticipates awarding a contract to an eligible candidate.
There will be an additional contingency amount for costs associated with American with Disabilities Act (ADA) compliance, not to exceed $5,000, making the total contract appropriation $117,500. Since 1979 New Hampshire has required PWSs to have a certified operator. Initial training (or experience) and passage of an exam are necessary to become certified.
Additionally, operators are required to complete a minimum amount of continuing education training to be eligible to renew their certification. Stakeholder meetings and surveys have identified PWSs serving fewer than 500 persons as in particular need of subsidized training and exam preparation. Therefore, DWGB is focusing this program specifically on this subset of PWSs.
The successful applicant must present introductory and continuing education training to certified operators of small and very small public water systems. Training must include: after-hours courses offered each spring and fall to prepare prospective new operators for the grade 1A certification exam (four total sessions; two sessions per year) covering topics such as basic science concepts, public health protection, water sources, water treatment, pumps, water storage, water distribution, backflow prevention, and safety; operator roundtable continuing education seminars for very small PWS (12 roundtables; six per calendar year); basic water works math sessions (three classes; two per calendar year); and water works operator certification exam preparatory classes (five classes; two per calendar year). The scope also includes a $750 contribution by the awardee in support of the 2027, 2028 and 2029 New Hampshire Drinking Water Week Festivals as well as participation on the Festival Planning Committee. All work is to be completed between January 1, 2027, and December 31, 2029.
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